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11. Stowe MS 256-261

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Stowe MS 256-261
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CORRESPONDENCE and papers, political and private, of Major Richard Phelps, Secretary to the Embassy at Turin, and Under- Secretary of State for the Northern Department; 17 Febr. 1744/5- 16 Febr. 1768. Prefixed are originals and copies of state despatches supplied for his use on entering office, 22 June, 1725-26 Sept. 1757. Phelps's official letters are rough drafts made for the Secretary of State, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who has in many instances added to, or even rewritten, the ...
Scope & Content:
Richard Phelps, Under-Secretary for Northern Department: Political correspondence and papers: 1725-1768.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
22 Jun 1725-16 Feb 1768
Extent:
6 items

12. Stowe MS 219-220

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Stowe MS 219-220
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LETTER-BOOK containing copies of the letters of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, when Ambassador at Constantinople, written to the successive Secretaries of State in England, the Levant Company, the Consuls of the various Mediterranean Ports, and especially Gamaliel Nightingale, Consul at Aleppo, and WilliamRaye, ConsulatSmyrna, etc.; 30 Mar. 1681-16 July, 1688. Most of the letters relate to the transactions and interests of the Levant Company and to the Mediterranean Trade; but curious det...
Scope & Content:
William Raye, Consul at Smyrna: Letters to, from Lord Chandos: 1681-1688.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Mar 1681-16 Jul 1688
Extent:
2 items

13. Stowe MS 243-245

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Stowe MS 243-245
Title:
LETTER-BOOKS of Hon. Alexander Stanhope, Envoy to the States-General, April, 1700-Jan. 1704 [5]; consisting of transcripts of his despatches to James Vernon, William Blathwayt, Sir Charles Hedges, Charles, Earl of Manchester, Daniel, Earl of Nottingham, and Robert Harley, successive Secretaries of State, James Cressett, Minister at Hamburg, Hugh Greg, Minister at Copenhagen, Sir George Rooke, the Duke of Marlborough, and others. Three Volumes. Paper. Folio. Vol. I. (ff. 171). 12/23 Apr. 1700...
Scope & Content:
Hon Alexander Stanhope: Letter-books, when Envoy to the States-General: 1700-1705. Netherlands, United Provinces: Letter-books of Hon. A. Stanhope, Envoy to the Hague: 1700-1705.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1700-[Jan 1705]
Extent:
3 items

14. Stowe MS 267

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Stowe MS 267
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LIST of state letters, tracts, speeches and bills in Parliament, ballads, and other papers illustrating the history of England from 1624 to 1735; in the hand of Rev. Philip Morant (ob. 1.778). At f. 20 begins a chronological list of State Trials and literature relating to the same, from 1388 to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

15. Stowe MS 166-177

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Stowe MS 166-177
Title:
COLLECTION of State Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Knt.; 1592-1633. A few earlier and later papers are included in the last volume. Edmondes was English Agent at Paris, 1592-1599; Ambassador at the Archduke Albert's court at Brussels, 1605-1609; Ambassador to France, 1610-1617; Comptroller of the Household, 1616 ; Treasurer of the Household, 1618; and died in 1639. Twelve volumes. Paper. Folio. The collection includes original letters of English ambassadors to France and S...
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1592-1633, with additions 1470-1663.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1592-1633
Extent:
12 items

16. Stowe MS 149

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Stowe MS 149
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TRANSCRIPTS Of letters of Cardinal Wolsey to Richard Pace, Ambassador to the Court of Venice, with instructions for his mission, as well as for his special mission to Switzerland; 1523- 1524. Other copies are found in the two preceding MSS., 147,148. Paper; ff. 59. xviith cent. Folio. Veniee: M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

17. Stowe MS 187

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Stowe MS 187
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NEGOTIATIONS Of the Scotch commissioners at Westminster after the treaty at Ripon, with copies of documents; 19 Nov. 1640-29 June, 1641. In a contemporary hand, written by a Scotchman. At the top of the first page (f. 2) is inscribed the (partially obliterated) name " Robert Innes." Paper; ff. 7...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1640-29 Jun 1641
Extent:
1 item

18. Stowe MS 157

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Stowe MS 157
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1. " ORIGINAL LETTERs of Mary, Queen of Scots, to James, Earl of Bothwell " : a transcript of eleven love-letters so entitled, each having a short explanatory introduction. They are not identical, either in number or contents, with the " Casket Letters " generally so called. Letters 1-3 relate t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

19. Stowe MS 192

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Stowe MS 192
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1. TREATY between England and Portugal, dated 10 July, 1654. Followed by:-(1) Powers from King John IV. of Portugal and from Oliver, Protector, to their several commissioners to conclude the treaty; and (2) the ratification of the same by King John, dated Alcantara, 9 May, 1656. Copies. Latin. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

20. Stowe MS 139

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Stowe MS 139
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" LIST of Treaties between ye severall Princes and States of the World," arranged chronologically under the various countries, as follows:-(1) England, 1442-1681. ff. 19-35b;-(2) France, 1438-1679. ff.36-44,85b-91;-(3)Holland,1441-1678. ff.44b- 61 b;-(4) Sweden, 1614-1681. ff. 62-67;-(5) Germany...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1693
Extent:
1 item